│ │ of all its enemies, chap. │ │ xi. 14‒18. This ends the │ │ first series of visions; and │ │ this expresses in general │ │ terms what is drawn out │ │ more in detail in the next │ │ series of visions, Part V., │ │ embracing more particularly │ │ the rise and progress of │ │ Antichrist. │ └ └ {lix} ┌ V. THE CHURCH │ ┌ INTERNALLY―― │ I. General │ 1. A new vision of the temple THE RISE OF │ Introduction │ of God opened in heaven, chap. ANTICHRIST, │ to this │ xi. 19. AND THE │ series of │ EFFECT │ visions, │ 2. A representation of the church, OF THAT │ Chap. │ under the image of a beautiful FORMIDABLE │ xi. 19; │ woman, chap. xii. 1. POWER ON │ xii. │ THE INTERNAL │ │ 3. The particular thing designed HISTORY OF │ │ to be represented――the church THE CHURCH, │ │ about to increase and to fill TO THE │ │ the world, chap. xii. 2. TIME OF THE │ │ OVERTHROW │ │ 4. The deadly hostility of Satan OF THAT │ │ to the church, and his purpose GREAT POWER, │ │ to destroy it, represented by AND THE │ │ a great red dragon waiting to TRIUMPHANT │ │ destroy the man-child, chap. ESTABLISHMENT │ │ xii. 3, 4. OF THE │ │ KINGDOM OF │ │ 5. The ultimate safety of the GOD, CHAP. │ │ church, represented by the XI. 19; │ │ child caught up to heaven, XII.‒XX. │ │ chap. xii. 5. │ │ │ │ 6. The fact that the church would │ │ be a long time obscure and │ │ hidden――represented by the woman │ │ fleeing into the wilderness, │ │ chap. xii. 6. │ │ │ │ 7. A scenic representation of │ │ the great contest going on │ │ in the universe about the │ │ church――represented by a